I sat contentedly,
For a while.
Until a wave came
Broke us apart
We crashed,
cracked,
You disappeared.
Scorched by the sun,
I turned milk white with heartache.
I was no longer in the lapis lazuli sea.
Ridges
grew
across
my
back.
Sharper and less where you were missing.
It feels like deliberate concrete;
Running in frequencies across the wide
expanse of skin.
In that same sun I lie alone,
Reaching bone thin.
Now feel holy
Fly into a bucket
Soar as a single seraphim's wing.
Drown as a weakling
In air.
I was once from the sea.
For a while.
Until a wave came
Broke us apart
We crashed,
cracked,
You disappeared.
Scorched by the sun,
I turned milk white with heartache.
I was no longer in the lapis lazuli sea.
Ridges
grew
across
my
back.
Sharper and less where you were missing.
It feels like deliberate concrete;
Running in frequencies across the wide
expanse of skin.
In that same sun I lie alone,
Reaching bone thin.
Now feel holy
Fly into a bucket
Soar as a single seraphim's wing.
Drown as a weakling
In air.
I was once from the sea.
This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.
artishley
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